diff -ur mysql-5.1.30/client/client_priv.h mysql-5.1.30-andrew/client/client_priv.h
--- mysql-5.1.30/client/client_priv.h	2008-11-14 16:34:15.000000000 +0000
+++ mysql-5.1.30-andrew/client/client_priv.h	2009-01-17 13:00:07.000000000 +0000
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@
   OPT_FIX_TABLE_NAMES, OPT_FIX_DB_NAMES, OPT_SSL_VERIFY_SERVER_CERT,
   OPT_DEBUG_INFO, OPT_DEBUG_CHECK, OPT_COLUMN_TYPES, OPT_ERROR_LOG_FILE,
   OPT_WRITE_BINLOG, OPT_DUMP_DATE,
-  OPT_MAX_CLIENT_OPTION
+  OPT_MAX_CLIENT_OPTION, OPT_SHOW_PROGRESS_SIZE
 };
diff -ur mysql-5.1.30/client/mysqldump.c mysql-5.1.30-andrew/client/mysqldump.c
--- mysql-5.1.30/client/mysqldump.c	2008-11-14 16:34:16.000000000 +0000
+++ mysql-5.1.30-andrew/client/mysqldump.c	2009-01-20 13:21:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
                 opt_alltspcs=0, opt_notspcs= 0;
 static my_bool insert_pat_inited= 0, debug_info_flag= 0, debug_check_flag= 0;
 static ulong opt_max_allowed_packet, opt_net_buffer_length;
+static ulong total_rows= 0, show_progress_size= 0;
 static MYSQL mysql_connection,*mysql=0;
 static DYNAMIC_STRING insert_pat;
 static char  *opt_password=0,*current_user=0,
@@ -418,6 +419,9 @@
     will give bullet-proof binlog position only if server >=4.1.3. That's the
     old "FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK does not block commit" fixed bug.
   */
+  {"show-progress-size", OPT_SHOW_PROGRESS_SIZE, "Number of rows before each output progress report (requires --verbose).",
+   (uchar**) &show_progress_size, (uchar**) &show_progress_size, 0, GET_ULONG, REQUIRED_ARG,
+   10000, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
   {"single-transaction", OPT_TRANSACTION,
    "Creates a consistent snapshot by dumping all tables in a single "
    "transaction. Works ONLY for tables stored in storage engines which "
@@ -476,6 +480,7 @@
 static void print_value(FILE *file, MYSQL_RES  *result, MYSQL_ROW row,
                         const char *prefix,const char *name,
                         int string_value);
+static const char* fetch_named_row(MYSQL_RES *result, MYSQL_ROW row, const char* name);
 static int dump_selected_tables(char *db, char **table_names, int tables);
 static int dump_all_tables_in_db(char *db);
 static int init_dumping_views(char *);
@@ -3251,6 +3256,10 @@
       uint i;
       ulong *lengths= mysql_fetch_lengths(res);
       rownr++;
+      if ((rownr % show_progress_size) == 0)
+      {
+        verbose_msg("-- %d of ~%d rows dumped for table %s\r", rownr, total_rows, opt_quoted_table);
+      }
       if (!extended_insert && !opt_xml)
       {
         fputs(insert_pat.str,md_result_file);
@@ -4507,6 +4516,29 @@
   return;                                       /* This shouldn't happen */
 } /* print_value */
 
+/**
+ * Fetches a row from a result based on a field name
+ * Returns const char* of the data in that row or NULL if not found
+ */
+
+static const char* fetch_named_row(MYSQL_RES *result, MYSQL_ROW row, const char *name)
+{
+  MYSQL_FIELD   *field;
+  mysql_field_seek(result, 0);
+  for ( ; (field= mysql_fetch_field(result)) ; row++)
+  {
+    if (!strcmp(field->name,name))
+    {
+      if (row[0] && row[0][0] && strcmp(row[0],"0")) /* Skip default */
+      {
+        mysql_field_seek(result, 0);
+        return row[0];
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  mysql_field_seek(result, 0);
+  return NULL;
+}
 
 /*
   SYNOPSIS
@@ -4536,6 +4568,7 @@
 {
   char result= IGNORE_NONE;
   char buff[FN_REFLEN+80], show_name_buff[FN_REFLEN];
+  const char *number_of_rows= NULL;
   MYSQL_RES *res= NULL;
   MYSQL_ROW row;
   DBUG_ENTER("check_if_ignore_table");
@@ -4561,6 +4594,13 @@
     mysql_free_result(res);
     DBUG_RETURN(result);                         /* assume table is ok */
   }
+  else
+  {
+    if ((number_of_rows= fetch_named_row(res, row, "Rows")) != NULL)
+    {
+      total_rows= strtoul(number_of_rows, NULL, 10);
+    }
+  }
   if (!(row[1]))
     strmake(table_type, "VIEW", NAME_LEN-1);
   else